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Author: Rosamond Lehmann

📘 The ballad and the source by Rosamond Lehmann

During the First World War, young Rebecca Landon encounters Sibyl Jardine, an elderly woman who once left her husband for another man and consequently lost her daughter. Bringing her three grandchildren into the story, Sibyl’s presence profoundly shapes Rebecca’s transition into adolescence. Set against the backdrop of wartime Britain, the novel explores intergenerational relationships and the power of perception through conversations among Rebecca, Sibyl, her granddaughter Maisie, and a Cockney maid named Tilly.

First publish date: 1944

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Rosamond Lehmann

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